I watch it and enjoyed it for what it is.
I wonder at what point them will introduce Thrawn, will he appear early on or in the season finale as a lead into season 2?
Don't get me wrong, I love it (apart from Hera's accent)

re: Thrawn... if its an 8 episode season I'd guess along the following lines....
Episode 4 - Sneaking on board the giant hyperspace ring, or somehow attach the shuttle without them noticing (guess the ring set off right at end of episode)
Episode 5 - Hyperspace travel...more dialogue...insults from Huyang...Wren training, arrive in new galaxy
Episode 6 - {Surprise} ... Thrawn isn't waiting at the jump point but someone else is ... maybe the ring gets attacked...damaged (or even destroyed)
Episode 7 - exploring the new surroundings ... more insults from Huyang...Wren training...
Episode 8 - Big fight against Marrok, Skoll etc. Thrawn arrives in system...big music...roll credits...
Filoni has the backing from Lucas so I reckon he will carry on the world building/character development for the whole of Season 1.
My hunch (as you will see from Episode 6 {surprise} is that maybe this is a one-way trip.... a lot of the discussion on social media seems to be around "when Thrawn gets back" ...but maybe Filoni is rebooting in a new galaxy (no doubt handily full of familiar looking aliens but without the pressure of what happens in the Sequels).